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Building a 3-pole single coil pickup

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Hi All. I'm busy trying my hand out at building a 3-pole single coil pickup for my next CBG (probably a Steampunk). I have started the construction of the bobbin and am using 3 Alnico 5 pole pieces.…Continue

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"Done a short video of the Paul Giraud Cognac Box Guitar. Available via the YouTube link https://youtu.be/NAi-YgEB-mI"

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This is my attempt at the Paul Giraud Cognac Box Guitar! The pick up I made myself and is a single coil 3-pole pickup. It's a very small guitar but has an impressive sound!

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The OUJA CBG all dressed up

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"Got this Paul Giraud Cognac box measuring 10cm x 10cm x 32cm. Going to make it into a 25inch fretted CBG! Bit of a challenge!"

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What do you find most interesting about cigar box guitars? (If you do not enter something meaningful here (at least one sentence long), your membership may be rejected as a spam/bot fake account).: Every CBG is different and allows for imagination when building

The Alex Bradley Tempus Terra Nova Slide CBG - Revisited

As with most of my builds I have revisited my first CBG. Thought you might like to see how I added wooden toothpicks to identify the frets. They are flush with the fret board so the CBG is still a slide guitar. I think it makes the CBG a little more attractive. The neck is also given a few coatings of clear Rust-Oleum for protection.

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